The Pakistani government should take all necessary steps to ensure the security of Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.
(New York) – The Pakistani government should take …Continue Reading
The US government should reverse its decision to continue military assistance to governments using child soldiers.
(New York) – The US government should reverse its decision to continue mi…Continue Reading
The first official visit to Burma by Thailand’s new prime minister should focus on mutual human rights concerns as well as investment opportunities.
(New York) – The first official v…Continue Reading
The International Criminal Court (ICC) judges took a major step to ensure justice for victims in Côte d’Ivoire by authorizing the ICC prosecutor to open an investigation into crimes committed in the country’s…Continue Reading
The world’s three largest international human rights organizations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the International Federationfor Human Rights (FIDH), along with 40other organizations from ar…Continue Reading
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The two investigating judges at the hybrid Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC), created to try Khmer Rouge mass crimes and to bring justice to the Cambodian people, h…Continue Reading
The trial of five activists detained nearly six months ago for “publicly insulting” the United Arab Emirates president and other top officials is fundamentally unfair. The charges should be dropped and the act…Continue Reading
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The United Nations Human Rights Council’s weak response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen betrays the Yemeni people. The Council, whose current session ended…Continue Reading
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Iranianauthoritiesshouldimmediately free pastor Yousef Nadarkhani and drop all charges against him. Nadarkhani, who has been charged with apostasy and is in Rasht prison in northern Iran…Continue Reading
The National Transitional Council (NTC), the de facto authority in most of Libya, should work to stop militia groups from making arbitrary arrests and abusing detainees in prisons and makeshift detention facilitie…Continue Reading
The decision to give the Right Livelihood Award to Jacqueline Moudeïna, the lawyer for the victims of the exiled former dictator of Chad, Hissène Habré, highlights the victims’ 20-year que…Continue Reading
Vietnamese authorities should immediately end their crackdown on religious activists and free 15 people detained for expressing their beliefs.
(New York) – Vietnamese authorities should imm…Continue Reading
Bolivian authorities should ensure a prompt, thorough, and impartial investigation of alleged abuses on September 25, 2011, by police against indigenous protesters outside of Yucumo, in Beni Department.
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The South African government’s reluctance to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, Tibetans’ spiritual leader, has no objective basis and appears to be based on no more than fear of Chinese government displeasure, H…Continue Reading
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French authorities are carrying out mass evictions and expulsions of Eastern European Roma in France.
(Paris) – French authorities are carrying out mass eviction…Continue Reading